“With the vegan barbecue, it basically started with the fact that on Independence Day, for almost all the vegans in Israel, there’s nothing to do,” Omri Paz director of Vegan-Friendly, told The Jerusalem Post. “Everywhere you go you need to face dead bodies of animals on barbecues.”

The organization is all about showing people that they can enjoy traditional foods without eating animal products. Only 50 percent of the people who purchased advanced tickets to the barbecue said they were vegans, while others were vegetarians and meat-eaters, Paz told the JT.

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